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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wilson Sossion",
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        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": "economy, it is still unfortunate that we have to discuss the very fundamental rights that our children should enjoy right from birth in terms of registration. She has touched on the requirements of the NEMIS and the fact that in our education system, no child is allowed to sit for examinations without a birth certificate. I support NEMIS in the Ministry of Education because of a number of facts that have emerged in the education sector. First, the country is unable to plan in advance for capitation and funding for the education of our children. It is essential that even in 2020, the children who are born in this country are registered and known. It will then enable the Government to plan knowing that in 2020, five million children have been born, their profiles and locations are known and even mapping of schooling can be done so that planning is done in advance. We cannot run an education system that operates in crisis such that we wait for a new academic year to start and look at the number of children who enroll. It should be known in advance. We should know every child who is born in this country at whatever time and plan for their welfare throughout the year. This is part of the implementation of free education. It cannot be free if there is no planning. Physical planning is key. I would rather that this Motion talks about registration being mandatory at the time of birth for all children born within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Kenya. Secondly, there has been a lot of fraud in the education system. With regard to recruitment to various training institutions, there are school leavers who use certificates that do not belong to them to join training institutions and take up careers using certificates that are not theirs. This is a fact. If we were to audit Government employees, we would find that quite a number of them are using certificates that are not theirs. They have taken advantage of the non-registration of citizens at birth. We cannot fight corruption without developing an honest and clear database that can be accessed at any time. That is why when you are sitting for an exam, you do so with a birth certificate. There has also been falsification of ages even in the public service. Somebody will acquire a birth certificate at 55 years of age and change their age. This Motion is important in many aspects to weed out and ensure that we run an honest education system that reflects the truth about our citizens. The NEMIS is essential. Planning is important. Digitisation is the way to go. It should be legislatively mandatory for any child born in the Republic of Kenya to be registered at the time of birth. It is possible. Why is it so easy to register deaths and very difficult to register births? We are…"
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